Exposure suit with an attached lifejacket

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1985-12-03

1987-06-16

Basinger, Sherman D.

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Water rescue or life protecting apparatus

Personal flotation device

441102, 441116, 441118, B63C 916

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046733663

ABSTRACT:
An exposure suit 10 has an attached lifejacket (14) which includes a part-annular rear portion (17) within a sheath (26) secured across the back of the shoulders of the suit 10 and a front portion 16 which is secured at (19) to the chest center of the suit. In a stowed deflated condition (FIG. 1) the portion (16) is folded or rolled to form a package restrained by a restraint such as a flap 31 on one side of a suit fastener (12), inflation of the lifejacket causing it to release its restraint and automatically to adopt a position overlying the chest of the suit (10) and wearer in a body supporting position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2005460 (1935-06-01), Fried
patent: 2362962 (1944-11-01), Bingham
patent: 2521205 (1950-09-01), David
patent: 2615182 (1952-10-01), Podell
patent: 2782430 (1957-02-01), Radnofsky
patent: 4533335 (1985-08-01), Hoshino

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